The talented Vanessa of V& Co. shows us how to make a neat snake out of a tie — too cool!

Vanessa writes…..

lets face it summer can be a loooong period of time if we don’t keep the kids entertained. am i right? so here’s a super easy craft you can do with any age of child.

supplies for tie rattle snake:

*old tie

*stuffing

*pencil with and eraser

*hot glue

*a little bit of red felt for tongue

*wiggle eyes, or white and black felt for eyes

*optional: for rattle: small plastic container from vending machine 1/2 way filled with dried peas.

*you are going to get stuffing and stuff it in the tail (the small end of the tie)

*with the eraser part of the pencil you are going to push it down. keep adding stuffing till your tail half is filled with stuffing.

*then you are going to do the same to the other side (the bigger side) of the tie. do so till you get to the opening of the tie.

*you will notice there’s a “silk” lining inside the tie, but that it only goes a little ways down. open up that flap and add just enough stuffing that you will be able to have a fluffy head but not too much that you can’t close it.

caution: do the hot glue gun part yourself. kids might get burned with the hot glue gun…heaven knows i do!!

*hot glue gun your opening and the sides so it seals it completely down.

optional: if you want the tail to actually rattle get yourself one of those little plastic containers that those vending machines have, you know the little fake ring holder things. and add some dried peas to it. insert it to the tail and then continue with instructions!

*now hot glue gun the tail shut.

next we are taking the twine and we are going to start wrapping it around the tail for the “rattle”

as you wrap hot glue gun it down with little dabs of glue.

finish it by cutting off excess twine.

add eyes and tongue with hot glue.

done! my boys (especially the 6 year old) loves their snakes. the 6 year old takes him everywhere we go.

thank you cindy for letting me be a part of your round up! please come visit my blog for more tutorials and my shop for patterns!

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